Gearing device.



W. P. PHILLIPS.

GEARING DEVICE.

APPLICATION rum) JAN. 15, 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

W. F. PHILLIPS.

GEARING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15,1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WILLIAM F. PHILLIPS, OF NEWTON, IOWA.

GEABING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Application filed January 15, 1909. Serial No. 472,451.

To all whotn it may concern:

Be it known that I,W1LLIAM F. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Newton, in the county of Jasper and tate of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Gearing Devicefxof which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a gearing device of simple, durable and inexpensive construction, especially designed for use in operating washing machines and wringers, by means of power a plied by an electric motor or other source 0 ower.

A further object is to provi e a device of this kind in which all of the operative parts are arranged in compact form, and may be quickly'and easily applied to any 1 of the ordinary machines of the class described.

A further ob'ect is to provide a device of this kind in W ich the shaft for operating the washing machine will be automatically thrown out of gear when the hinged cover of the machine is raised, and will be automatically thrown into gear when the hinged cover is lowered to its closed osition, and further to provide simple, dura 1e and inexpensive means for throwing the wringer operating mechanism out of gear, or for reverslng its movement.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts'of the device, whereby the ob'ects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fi re 1 shows a side elevation of a caring evice embodying my invention an applied to a washing machine and wringer.

2 shows a top or plan view of same. Flg. 3 shows an enlarged detail sectional View illustrating the means for operating the ratchet clutch of the device. Fig. 4 shows a. detail view illustrating the power f v shaft, the gear wheels for driving the washing machine, and the gearing device for operating the wringer. The dotted lines in re show the position of the gear wheel oroperating the washing machine, 1n mesh wit the gear wheel on the power shaft, and the sohd lines show said gear wheel in the osition it would assume when the cover is e evated, and Fi 5 shows a detail view of one of thebeve ed gear-wheels,

to illustrate the ratchet face thereon. Fig.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the bod portion of thewashin machine on \vhic a cover 11 is mounte(. A wringer 12 is placed on the body portion. In this connectiom'it is to be understood that neither the washing machine nor the wringer constitutes any part of my present invention, and are illustrated and described herein only for the purpose of showing a practical application of my improved gearin device.

vy improved gearing device is in the nature of an attachment that may be readily and quickly applied to any of the ordinary forms of machines of the class herein shown and described. The major portion of the gearing device is connected with and supported by a base 13, which may be bolted to the body portion of a washing machine, and which is provided with bearings 14 to receive the power shaft 15 which is rotatably mounted therein.

On one end of the power shaft 15 is a gear wheel 16 which is in mesh with a smaller gear wheel 17 which is rotatably mounted on a short shaft 18, supported by a bracket 19 on the base 13. A balance wheel 20 is also fixed to the shaft 18, and I have provided for operating the power shaft 15 by placing the belt 21 on the balance wheel 20, and connecting the said belt with a pulley 22 operated by a motor 23, which motor may be located beneath the body of the machine and on the other end of the power shaft is a beveled pinion l5.

Mounted on the base 13 is a shaft 24, rotatably supported in the bearings 25 and having rotatably mounted thereon two beveled pinions 26 and 27 spaced apart from each other, and provided with ratchet clutch members 28 on their adjacent faces. Be-

tween the beveled pinions 26 and 27 is a faces ratchet clutch members 31 designed to V co-act with the ratchet clutch member 28.

For operating the slidin clutch member 29, I have provided a sha t 32 mounted in the base 13, and having an upwardly extended arm 33 arranged in the groove 30,.

On the outer end of the shaft 32 is a crank arm 34, and a notched rack 35 of the ordinary construction is provided to receive the arm 34, and support it in any position in which it may be placed. When said arm 34 is at its center, the hub 29 is between the pinions 26 and 27, and hence neither of them will be operated, and when the arm 34 is moved in one direction away from the center, the clutch device will engage the beveled pinion 26, and thus rotate the shaft 24in one direction, and when the arm 30 is moved in the opposite direction from the center, the shaft 24 will be rotated in an opposite direction. Both of said beveled plnions 26 and 27 are normally in mesh with the beveled pinion 15*. a

On the end of the shaft 24 is a sprocket wheel 36 connected by a sprocket chain 37 with a sprocket wheel 38 on the shaft 39 of a wringer. Fixed to the shaft 15 is a small gear wheel 40 for operating the washing machine.

The device for imparting motion from the power shaft 15 to the washing machine comprises a base 41 designed to be bolted to the hinged portion 11 of a washing machine. This base is provided with bearings 42 to receive a shaft 43, which shaft is provided with a gear wheel 44 normally in mesh with the gear wheel 40.

The shaft of the washing machine is indicated by the numeral 45, and is provided with a pinion 46. This pinion is in mesh with a rack bar 47, slidingly mounted in the base 41, and connected by means of a pitman 48 with the gear wheel 44, so that when the gear wheel 44 is continuously rotated in one direction, an alternating rotary motion will be imparted to the shaft 45.

The power shaft 15 is located at aboutthe longitudinal central portion of the base 13. Near the outer edge of the base 13 are two upright hinge members 49 and pivoted to them are the hinge members 50, which latter extend over the power shaft and are bolted to the cover 11. .By this arrange-- ment it is obvious that when the cover is raised, the gear wheel 44 will move upwardly and away from the gear wheel 40, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, so that the gear wheel 44 is automatically thrown out of engagement with the gear wheel 40 when the cover is raised.

In practical operation, power is applied to the balance wheel 21, and during the process of washing and wringing clothes, it is not necessary to stop the motor that is operating During the time that the balance wheel. the hinged member is in its closed position, the shaft 45 will receive an alternating rotary motion, Any time that the operator desires to inspect the interior of the washing machine, he need only raise the cover, whereupon the washing machine is automatically thrown out of gear, and as soon as the cover is lowered, the washing machine is again thrown into gear. matically, and without any attention on the part of the operator. When the cover of the washing machine is raised, the operator may have access tothe contents of the washing machine, and these may then be placed between the rollers of the wringer, and the movementof the wringer may be readily and easily controlled by a manipulation of the crank arm 34 of the shaft 32.

One of the desirable and advantageous features of my invention is that all of the operative parts are closely assembled on a base connected with the machine body, and a second base connected with the hinged cover, and hence, all of the parts are firmly supported and are not liable to get out of order, or to lose their accurate adjustment with relation to each other.

I claim as my invention:

1. An improved gearing device, comprising a stationary support, a supporting member hinged to the stationary support, a power shaft on the stationary support, a gear wheel thereon, a gear wheel rotatably mounted on the hinged supporting member, hinges for connecting the hinged portion with the body portion, said hinges having their pivotal points so arranged with relation to the power shaft that when the hinged supporting member is raised, the said gear wheel on it will be moved upwardly and rearwardly out of engagement with the gear wheel on the power shaft, an upright shaft connected with the hinged supporting mem- This is all done autober, a pinion thereon, a rack slidingly supported in mesh with said pinion, and a pit'- man connected with the gear wheel on the hinged supporting member and also with said rack.

2. An improved gearing device, comprising a stationary support, a base fixed thereto, a power shaft mounted on said base, a shaft arranged transversely of the power shaft and mounted on said base, hinge members mounted on the base, a short shaft.

rotatably mounted on the base, means for wheel on said shaft capable of meshing with a the gear wheel on the power shaft, an upright shaft mounted in the bin ed supporting imparting an alternating rotary motion to the upright shaft by a continuous. rotary member, means actuated y the gear wheel on the hinged supporting member'for motion 01'' said gear Wheel, and means interposed between the power shaft and the transverse shaft on the first mentioned base for throwing the transverse shaft out of gear or for rotating it in either direction.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a stationary support, a supporting member hinged to the stationary support, a power shaft rotatably mounted on the stationary support, a gear wheel connected with it, an upright shaft mounted in the hinged supporting member, a gear wheel mounted on the hinged supporting member, a gear wheel on the power shaft in mesh with the gear wheel on the hinged supporting member, and hinge members connecting the stationary support with the hinged supporting member and extended from the hinged supporting member over the shaft on the stationary support and attached to the stationary support so that when the hinged supporting member is elevated, the gear wheels will move to position outof mesh with each other, and means whereby the gear wheel on the hinged supporting member, when continuously rotated, will impart an alternating rotary motion to the vertical shaft in the hinged supporting member.

4. In a gearing device of the class described, the combination of a support, a power shaft mounted thereon, an upright shaft, means interposed between the power shaft and the upright shaft for imparting an alternating, rotary motion to the latter by a continuous rotary motion of the former, a shaft arranged transversely of the power shaft, and gearing devices interposed between said transverse shaft and the power shaft for imparting a continuous rotary motion in either direction to the transverse shaft, and for throwing said transverse shaft out of gear with the power shaft.

5. A gearing device of the class described, comprising a support, a power shaft mounted on the support, means for imparting a continuous rotary motion to the power shaft, an upright shaft *5 mounted in the support, a driving device for the upright shaft operatively connected with the .power shaft and capable of imparting an alternating rotary motion to the upright shaft, a horizontal shaft 39, a driving mechanism for the said shaft 39 connected with the power shaft and capable of imparting a rotary motion to the shaft 39, and a controlling means applied to the driving device for the shaft '39, for reversing the movement thereof.

6. A gearing device of the class described, comprising a support, a power shaft mounted on the support, means for imparting a continuous rotary motion to the power shaft, an upright shaft 45 mounted in the support, a driving device for the upright shaft operatively connected with the power shaft and capable of imparting an alternating rotary motion to the upright shaft, a horizontal shaft 39, a driving mechanism for the said shaft 39 connected with the power shaft and capable of imparting a rotary motion to the shaft 39, and a controlling means applied to the driving device for the shaft 39, for reversing the movement thereof and also for operatively disconnecting the shaft 39 from the driving shaft.

7. A gearing device of the class described comprismga support, a power shaft mounted on the support, means for imparting a continuous rotary motion to the power shaft, an upright shaft 45 mounted in the support, a driving device for the upright shaft operatively connected with the power shaft and capable of imparting an alternatin rotary motion to the upright shaft, a horizontal shaft 39, a driving mechanism for the said shaft 39 connected with the power shaft and capable of imparting a rotary motion to the shaft 39, a controlling means applied to the driving device for the shaft 39, for reversing the movement thereof, and a hand lever for adjusting said controlling means.

8. A gearing device of the class described, comprising a support, a power shaft mounted on the support, a prime mover carried by the support for imparting a continuous rotary motion to the power shaft, an upright shaft 45 mounted in the support, a driving device for the upright shaft operatively connected with the power shaft and capable of imparting an alternating rotary motion to the upright shaft, a horizontal shaft 39, a driving mechanism for the said shaft 39 connected with the power shaft and capable of imparting a rotary motion to the shaft 39, and a controlling means applied to the driving device for the shaft 39, for reversing the movement thereof.

Des Moines, Iowa, December 9, 1908.

WILLIAM F. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

M. B. GoLnIzEN, GEORGE MANKLE. 

